Jerry Ropelato and his 25-employee crew are a scant four months old, so thrusting the startup into the public eye was one reason for the project.

“When I saw the plans that Elon Musk was laying out for the future of transportation, we were really excited about the technology aspects and wanted to help promote the concept through 3-D Printing.” Ropelato told WIRED.

The result is a scale model of the Hyperloop built initially in the virtual world with Solidworks, Maya, and 3ds Max Design software, and then rendered in physical form using three 3-D printers (a Connex 500, Projet 3500, and Zprinter 650, for those wondering) each using different materials.

The whole project went from rendering to reality in less than 24 hours, with pylons, tubes, loading platforms, and even passenger pods complete with seating.

“Our employees really came together to devote a day to helping people understand just how fast you can build an object with 3-D printing,” Ropelato says. “The largest challenge was coordinating the specs in nine different pieces of software and hardware in such a short time frame.”

The bigger challenge is if the Hyperloop will ever see the light of day.